Shovel.



W. BAUER.

SHOVEL. APPLICATION HLED Aus.; 191B.

1,281,483, Patented Oct. 15, 1918.

' 51A/vanto@ 52M La Clik/nua SEVEL Seeeieetion of Iettes Patent.

To @ZZ whom t may Conce/,mf

Be it known that L 't/rieuse; Blom, a citizen of the United Stetes, and e resident of New Yori; citv, in the Aborough ot Bi'onx. and State of Few Yoflz, .hz-tv inventet oe1 tain new and useful improvement-s in Shovels, of which the following' is e speciacation.

This invention relates to e shovei of novel construction more peitioulariy designed for removing the ashes from the ash pit of e fui nece. Heretoore, the ashes weee ,generally drawn toward the front of the pit by hoe, and were then seoooe. into the ash een, which operations involved considerable time and labor. rlhe shovel. constructed in eocordance With my inventioni may he eedily slid along the sole et the pit, to 1become charged with successive leeds whieh are dumped directly into the een, and is fuinished with e hendiesoelet., which effec tively Withstends the seveie strain to which it'is subjected during: use.

ln the accompanying chewing;

Figure l is e oespeotive vieta7 of e, shovel, embodying niv invention;

Fig. 2 e longitntlieoi section? with peat of the handle hioken away, :intl

Fig. 3 e cross section on line B-#B oit Fig. 2.

rlhe blade of the shovel hes e Het ieotangulai bottom L a neit of straight parallel side ienges 2 having beveled front eflges 3, and a. back enge 4 that joins the side flanges at right angles. The handle 5 is ptovided at its outeren Wi. h e projects with its inner enti into tuhulei socket 'Y that beers with its dosed enel against the Center of flange et to which it conneotetl ov e zrivet 9. Foin the bottom socket 2' extends oi'wercllv en integral o1" projection 10 that underlies 'bottom l5 such bottom being; 'oovided with e 'reel' oentrally disposed bulgel'l, for the assomme dation of the lip., so that in this wey, the vlower face oit' the letters is tush with the ei?- lower face of bottom l. Lip l0 is secniifett to bottom 1,y bv rivets lm'hile editof e? pins o'f rivets 13 serve to secure the 5 withii'i its socket 7. lt Will he seen es e; he shc is pushed along the soie of t owing to theheveled edges its way through the ashes, which will 'the blade Without undesirable leevinfs sides or beneath its bottom. th the connection between blade eno is such that e joint of greet stfeogth formed, which is not liable to jive wey neder the severe strain to which it is suhjee eleim:

A shovel comprising e Diode having oulged bottom and :veer fi e l having@ ciosed end that abuis against flange, means for connecting seid eetl ienge, :L lip projecting from the so low the bulge@ hott-om, means for'connecting saifl lip to said hottem. and .t handle jeeting into the socket, 

